Wang Yaocheng walked up to Steve Ballmer with a wine glass. Mr. Bill Gates was also here, as well as the Steve Jobs gang leader. Several people formed a loose circle.
"Steve, why do I always see you wherever I go?" Wang Yaocheng greeted with a smile.
Steve Ballmer shrugged helplessly; "I work in the dilapidated small building in front. I look at this majestic building in a daze every day. Boss, can't you arrange an office for me here?
I can personally pay the rent."
"Steve, this magnificent building is the property of Netscape."
"Okay boss, we all know what's going on. Let's negotiate a deal. This place will be traded to you. Netscape will move back to Washington State. I'm really fed up with all this."
Wang Yaocheng looked at Bill Gates with an inquiring look. When he saw him spreading his hands indifferently, he nodded and said, "Have your people contact President Huo Jiaguang. After all, we signed a 30-year lease to see if there are any legal problems.
"
What could be the problem?
Price.
Steve Ballmer felt his head hurt. The guy in front of him was a typical example of someone who took advantage and behaved well. He could only shake his head and walk away.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"No, it's just that dealing with you was too much of a headache, so Steve got out of the way first." Bill Gates raised his glass gracefully and took a sip; "Silicon Valley is your territory now, a good company."
You pick first, and what’s left in our hands will be what the boss picked.”
"Bill, I am mainly responsible for venture capital matters, and I don't have that much energy to screen." Wang Yaocheng said happily; "Looking for business is the hardest thing when you go out. When a business comes to you, everything becomes easy. You just need to
Just put a check or a cross and that’s it.”
Jobs interjected, "Tian Yuan is a very good venture capital fund manager. He has always been known in the investment community for his sharp vision and precise investments. I heard that Sequoia Fund wanted to make him a senior partner, but he was rejected."
Wang Yaocheng is full of confidence; "I know about this. There are many investment funds interested in him, but they can't give him a YouTube company, so I'm not worried."
Jobs asked: "What is the angel equity ratio of the oil pipeline company?"
"I occupy 86%, Tianyuan 12%, and the remaining 2% of the equity incentive pool is reserved for employees." Wang Yaocheng said without any secret; "I paid 7.5 million US dollars to that drug addict and scumbag, and invested another 12 million US dollars to maintain it.
The cost of running a company is not small. If it were in the hands of that addict, 99% of the company would be ruined."
"This time, why did the Oil Pipe Company and Tutu Company only open 8% of their A-round financing?"
Wang Yaocheng; "Because I am dissatisfied with the valuation of 120 million U.S. dollars in the A-round financing of the YouTube company. The valuation of the A-round financing of the Tutu company is only 85 million U.S. dollars. It is even more of a huge insult. These idiots will regret it."
Jobs glanced at Bill Gates triumphantly; "I have invested in both of these companies. My investment philosophy is the same as yours. What I value is boss Wang Chao's personal ability and extraordinary foresight. As for the information on these two companies,
I didn’t even look at it.”
The two of them raised their eyebrows like good friends and burst into laughter, feeling extremely proud.
Bill Gates was not so arrogant. He thought about it and asked, "I know there is a start-up music website and a movie and video website that investors are very optimistic about. Why did you give up the angel round? Can you tell me about it?"
"Why not? It's easy."
Wang Yaocheng is very candid; "Music websites and movie and video websites are both good projects. The founder of the company is very courageous and passionate, and the founding team has also developed some unique technologies. Overall, they are not bad."
But there is a fatal problem here, which is music copyright and film copyright.
Since Microsoft first made its IE web browser free, a free trend has formed in the entire high-tech Internet world, affecting almost the entire Internet ecosystem.
If it is not a free product, it will not be pursued by netizens. Everyone will be like a spoiled child and it will be difficult to coax.
All start-up companies worry about profitability. This is your fault, Bill, and you will never be able to get rid of it."
Wang Yaocheng clicked lightly like a joke, and Bill Gates and Mr. Jobs understood instantly;
The Music Copyright Society and Hollywood's influence in the United States is deeply rooted. They are not ordinary powerful, they are definitely on the level of prehistoric monsters.
The audiovisual products industry chain is related to the jobs of hundreds of thousands of people, as well as almost every big name in the entertainment industry, and has a huge impact.
Once a class action lawsuit is launched, Microsoft may not be able to accept it. This is proven by facts, and it will have to spend a lot of money to settle out of court.
Touching such a behemoth cheese, music website and movie video website seems to be a dead end.
Without hot pop music and Hollywood movies, whoever goes to see this kind of start-up website will die 99% of the time. If it survives the early stage of entrepreneurship, this kind of infringing website will thrive.
Once pushed to court, it is still a dead end, and the sky-high compensation can make everything a shattered phantom.
a moment later
In a separate quiet room, Jobs and Wang Yaocheng talked privately.
"How's the situation?"
"It's going well. I had a good discussion with Gil Amelio. He highly agrees with my business philosophy. Apple needs me to go back and save the crisis. The current agreement is for Apple to acquire next and the operating system nextstep. They will pay 150 million US dollars.
This portion of the funds was converted into Apple stock, accounting for 1.5 million shares."
"oh?"
Jobs knew what he meant; "I mentioned our deal to Gil Amelio, and Sculley agreed to withdraw. The 3.35 million shares he holds will be transferred to you for $380 million, provided that he does not participate in board management."
Wang Yaocheng hesitated for a moment and nodded; "Yes, I trust you."
"That's no problem. We can go through the procedures to transfer the equity as soon as possible." Jobs breathed a sigh of relief. Sculley asked for a higher price than himself, and he was worried that Wang Yaocheng would be unhappy.
This will always happen in similar transactions. It is difficult for ordinary financial investors to get the same treatment as important players in the company. This is not discrimination, and there is no unreasonable treaty imposed.
Apple's current market value is US$502 million, less than one-seventh of its peak market value. It looks like a premium of 120%, and the transaction seems to have suffered a big loss.
In fact, the stock market cannot fully reflect the value of Apple. The company's major shareholders know this best and will not sell their shares at a low price. Wouldn't that be stupid?
Zhou Yu hit the yellow cover, and everyone was willing to hit and others were willing to suffer.
Wang Yaocheng's cheerful and refreshing attitude added to Jobs' favorability. Sure enough, he did big things without sticking to trivial matters, and he was born with the grand style of a successful person.
"Did Gil Amelio mention, what is your role at Apple?"
Hearing this, Jobs frowned; "He is not generous enough to give up his position as chairman of Apple. The current plan is to serve as director and senior advisor of corporate strategy, planning a series of issues such as the development direction of Apple."
"In this case, Apple will not be able to operate completely according to your wishes, which is a hidden danger."
Jobs spread his hands; "I have been promised that if I do well in the position of senior consultant, Gil Amelio promises to step aside. This is finally a good start. I can't ask for more if I can return to Apple."
Well, that's all it can do.
Gil Amelio's promise is too illusory. What does excellence mean?
There is no criterion at all, and there is no time limit. Is one year enough? Or two years or three years. What I say casually is completely unbinding.
In this regard, Wang Yaocheng had nothing to do.
He didn't know anyone at Apple, let alone have any friendships with them. He didn't know anything about the company's operations and production, and he had no intention of understanding them. Moreover, he hadn't acquired the equity yet, so he could only look at them sympathetically.
Just be happy.
July 6, 1996.
Apple issued an announcement to acquire the next company and operating system nextstep founded by Mr. Jobs for US$150 million, paying the equivalent of 1.5 million Apple shares, and appointed Mr. Jobs as a senior advisor to Apple.
Apple issued an announcement on equity changes;
The former chairman, Mr. Scully, sold 3.35 million shares of the company and transferred them to Caribbean Company under Mr. Wang Yaocheng for a price of US$380 million, accounting for 33.5% of the company's equity and becoming the largest shareholder.
July 15, 1996
A half-sized barrage ad appeared on Yahoo's search page, which quickly attracted great attention from netizens around the world. Such huge barrage ads rarely appear.
Once it appears, it will be a world-renowned major company launching an extraordinary product.
For example, Coca-Cola Company changes its formula and launches new products, BMW Motors Company launches new heavyweight models in North America, Intel Corporation releases heavyweight chip products...
Behind the amazing effectiveness of giant barrage ads is the huge advertising fee.
Today, a huge barrage advertisement allows netizens around the world to relive a familiar scene in 1994...
in advertising;
A middle-aged business elite who was walking on the road suddenly discovered something extraordinary and ran down the street in great surprise.
Then, there were girls wearing headphones, Lao Hei singing hip-hop songs, and even housewives full of joy and fat, all of which quickly gathered into a surging crowd...
The advertising page came to an abrupt end. No one knew what the crowd saw?
It is exactly the same as the huge barrage advertisement in 1994. The content and scene of the advertisement have not changed at all. A similar scene appeared, reminding people of the scene when Oppo brand computers were launched on Thanksgiving Day in 1994.
Driven by curiosity, if you want to know more, click on the advertisement page to open;
A huge Oppo brand computer logo will appear, and then the camera will zoom out and colorful butterflies will fly over.
oh……
That's not a butterfly!
They are slim laptops one after another. They have colorful colors and smooth and graceful shapes. The most important thing is that when placed next to a laptop without a brand computer logo, the thickness is almost one-third thinner.
The slim notebook immediately caught people's attention. The advertisement ended with a five-day countdown clock, and the huge time display continued to decrease...
Oppo brand computer specialty store, thin and light notebook computers are making their debut, so stay tuned.
oppo brand, ultimate innovation!
Facts have proved that such an unorthodox advertising creative effect is very effective, and it immediately reminds all netizens of the torturous days of waiting for the Oppo computer in 1994. At that time, the joy and excitement of getting the Oppo computer, and all kinds of complex emotions rushed into their hearts.
It deepens the innovative image of OPPO brand, greatly improves the reputation of the brand among users, and enhances a strong expectation;
There are only five days left before you can see this beautiful new laptop product. I’m really looking forward to it!
Huge barrage ads for five consecutive days have gradually fermented users' expectations.
It finally broke out on July 20. Oppo brand computer stores around the world had long queues and even became a local scene.
Loyal users and computer enthusiasts brought bench tents and water, and even reserved seats a day in advance, just to experience this extremely innovative laptop product in advance.
this scene
It has been featured in news newspapers and current affairs news columns of TV stations around the world, and once again made a wave of free publicity, continuing to increase the popularity of Oppo brand computer news, making more users eager to join in.
Another blockbuster product from Atlantic Business Machines made its debut, boosting the stock price to rise, easily surpassing the historical high of a market value of 70 billion, and heading towards a market value of 75 billion.
If the popular product notebook computer continues to gain popularity, I believe it will have better market performance.
On August 1, Atlantic Business Machines issued an important announcement;
Changjiang Technology Group, a subsidiary of Royal Fund, spent US$9.65 billion to acquire a company located in the Huaizhou production base in China. The two parties reached a long-term OEM contract and formed a close corporate strategic partnership.
On August 7, Cisco issued an announcement;
The company held merger and acquisition negotiations with Royal Family Fund and suspended trading for seven days.
In this golden autumn of harvest, Royal Fund made frequent moves, blowing up whirlwinds in the Nasdaq market, making the market ripples and unable to calm down for a long time.